State Court of Appeals / Va. Ct. App.

Farnsworth v. Commonwealth

Decided July 27, 2004. Jean Harrison Clements wrote the opinion for the court.

599 S.E.2d 482 · Cited 94 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Alger v. Commonwealth · 590 S.E.2d 563
Edwards v. Commonwealth · 589 S.E.2d 444
United States v. Stump · 784 F. Supp. 326
Barr v. Town & Country Properties, Inc. · 396 S.E.2d 672
Armstrong v. Commonwealth · 562 S.E.2d 139
Ansell v. Commonwealth · 250 S.E.2d 760
Andrews v. Commonwealth · 559 S.E.2d 401
Anderson v. Commonwealth · 182 Va. 560
Williams v. Commonwealth · 576 S.E.2d 468
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Virginia Department of Corrections v. Brown · 529 S.E.2d 96
Ball v. Commonwealth · 273 S.E.2d 790
M. Morgan Cherry & Associates, Ltd. v. Cherry · 568 S.E.2d 391
Flanary v. Milton · 556 S.E.2d 767
Grigg v. Commonwealth · 297 S.E.2d 799
Alger v. Commonwealth · 578 S.E.2d 51
People v. Shear · 83 Cal. Rptr. 2d 707
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Roanoke, Inc. v. County of Botetourt · 526 S.E.2d 746
Chesterfield County v. Stigall · 554 S.E.2d 49

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Patricia Tackett v. Arlington County Department of Human Services · 62 Va. App. 296
Perry v. Commonwealth · 712 S.E.2d 765
Arrington v. Commonwealth · 674 S.E.2d 554
Kenneth A. Stokes, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 61 Va. App. 388
Alston v. Commonwealth · 637 S.E.2d 344
Tyrone Jerrard Simmons v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 63 Va. App. 69
King v. Commonwealth · 670 S.E.2d 767
State v. Evans · 51 Kan. App. 2d 168
Seguna v. Maketa · 181 P.3d 399
Bass Custom Landscapes, Inc. v. Cunard · 575 S.E.2d 17

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